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21 results found for '"Guardian Angels"' in Keywords.
Acquittal of subway gunman Bernhard Goetz (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the acquittal of Bernhard Goetz, dubbed the Subway Vigilante by the New York press, who shot four would-be robbers on a subway train in Mathattan in 1984. Curtis Sliwa, a Guardian Angel from New...
Guardian Angels may operate in UK (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lisa Sliwa, wife of the American Guardian Angels vigilante group founder Curtis Sliwa, on possibility of operating in London and Birmingham. The Angels would patrol London Underground network...
Angels vigilante group to patrol underground (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker about the first British wing of the American-based vigilante group, the Guardian Angels, who will start patrolling London underground trains from 15/02/89, despite...
Guardian Angels on trains (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Tory backbencher Sir Trevor Skeet says he supports the vigilante Guardian Angels patrols on trains and they could have prevented a recent incident. He comments on whether police should be doing the job;...
Guardian Angels arrive in London (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Members of the New York based vigilante group, The Guardian Angels, were held at Gatwick Airport for questioning under the instructions of Home Secretary Douglas Hurd but have now been allowed into the...
Guardian Angels stopped at Gatwick (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Four members of the New York-based vigilante group, the Guardian Angels are still being questioned by police and immigration officers at Gatwick Airport, while their request for entry to the UK is being...
Guardian Angel assaulted, man convicted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Legal correspondent Tim Crook reports on the conviction at the Old Bailey of Ralph Irving for unlawfully wounding the founder of the US Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa at a community centre in Brixton, when...
Crime prevention award for Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Dr Alec Dickson, founder of the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), on an award being presented to the controversial Guardian Angels vigilante group who patrol London Underground....
London chapter of the New York Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reporting on the formation of the London chapter of the New York Guardian Angels, which plans to patrol the underground and make it safer. The Metropolitan Police’s belief that the group...
Scotland Yard launches new policing measures (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Scotland Yard is considering a scheme to launch an alternative civic volunteer force in London. It would be an alternative to the New York vigilante Guardian Angels, who patrolled the subway earlier in...